The bird genus Columba comprises a genus of medium to large pigeons. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae...
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Rock dove (redirect from Columba livia)
rock pigeon, or common pigeon (/ˈpɪdʒ.ən/ also /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪn/; Columba livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).: 624 In common usage...
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Common wood pigeon (redirect from Columba palumbus)
The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known as simply wood pigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae), native to...
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Domestic pigeon (redirect from Columba livia f. domestica)
The domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma domestica) is a pigeon subspecies that was derived from the rock dove or rock pigeon...
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Stock dove (redirect from Columba oenas)
The stock dove or stock pigeon (Columba oenas) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It is widely distributed in the western...
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Speckled pigeon (redirect from Columba guinea)
The speckled pigeon (Columba guinea), also African rock pigeon or Guinea pigeon, is a pigeon that is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of...
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was deliberately named after Jonah or not. Columba is also Latin for dove. (See also the bird genus Columba.) When sufficiently advanced in letters he...
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Laurel pigeon (redirect from Columba junoniae)
The laurel pigeon or white-tailed laurel pigeon (Columba junoniae) is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)...
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Feral pigeon (category Columba (genus))
Feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma urbana), also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons, are descendants of domestic...
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Andaman wood pigeon (redirect from Columba palumboides)
The Andaman wood pigeon (Columba palumboides) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India...
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Bolle's pigeon (redirect from Columba bollii)
pigeon (Columba bollii) is a species of the genus Columba of family Columbidae, doves and pigeons, endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. This bird is named...
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Black wood pigeon (redirect from Columba janthina)
The black wood pigeon or Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in East Asia along shorelines...
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African olive pigeon (redirect from Columba arquatrix)
The African olive pigeon or Rameron pigeon (Columba arquatrix) is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in much of eastern and southern Africa from...
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Sri Lanka wood pigeon (redirect from Columba torringtoni)
wood pigeon or Ceylon wood pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka. This...
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White-headed pigeon (redirect from Columba leucomela)
white-headed pigeon (Columba leucomela) is a pigeon native to the east coast of Australia. The pigeon family is a group of stout-bodied birds with short necks...
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Ryukyu wood pigeon (redirect from Columba jouyi)
wood pigeon (Columba jouyi), otherwise known as the silver-banded or silver-crescented pigeon is an extinct species of bird in the Columba genus in the...
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Hill pigeon (redirect from Columba rupestris)
hill pigeon, eastern rock dove, or Turkestan hill dove (Columba rupestris) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The hill pigeon is a stout-bodied...
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Pigeon guillemot (redirect from Cepphus columba)
The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) (/ˈɡɪlɪmɒt/) is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae. One of three species in the genus Cepphus, it is most...
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Nilgiri wood pigeon (redirect from Columba elphinstonii)
The Nilgiri wood pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) is large pigeon found in the moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern India...
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Trocaz pigeon (redirect from Columba trocaz)
or long-toed pigeon (Columba trocaz) is a pigeon which is endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is a mainly grey bird with a pinkish breast;...
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Snow pigeon (redirect from Columba leuconota)
The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey...
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Mourning dove (redirect from Columba carolinensis)
Latin name Columba macroura in his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Edwards's pictures of the male and female doves were drawn from live birds that had...
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Princess Columba Catholic College, Queensland, Australia Columba College, Dunedin, New Zealand Columba (bird), a genus of doves and pigeons Columba Project...
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Bonin wood pigeon (redirect from Columba versicolor)
The Bonin wood pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeon endemic to Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, south of Japan. It is known from...
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White-collared pigeon (redirect from Columba albitorques)
The white-collared pigeon (Columba albitorques) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The species is endemic to the Ethiopian highlands in Eritrea...
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Band-tailed pigeon (redirect from Columba fasciata)
gargantilla Columba (fasciata)) fasciata Say 1823 (Aves:Columbidae) algunas notas sobre su historia natural en venezuela" [The Band-Tailed Pigeon Columba (fasciata))...
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Yellow-eyed pigeon (redirect from Columba eversmanni)
"Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni". BirdLife International. Retrieved 12 February 2016. BirdLife Species Factsheet Oriental Bird Images: Yellow-eyed...
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Silvery pigeon (redirect from Columba argentina)
The silvery pigeon (Columba argentina), also known as silvery wood-pigeon or grey wood-pigeon, is a species of pigeon found in Indonesia and Malaysia...
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Pale-capped pigeon (redirect from Columba punicea)
The pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea), also known as the purple wood pigeon, is a species of large pigeon that is found patchily distributed in parts...
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Pink pigeon (redirect from Columba mayeri)
group that cannot unequivocally be assigned to either Streptopelia or Columba, and placing both species in Nesoenas may best reflect the fact that they...
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